Groupe of people sitting at a table, having a meal

In November 2022, Sodexo committed to reach Net Zero by 2040, becoming the first food services company to take such a strong engagement in the fight against climate change.

 

Sodexo accelerates a journey started in 2017 -  to achieve a -34% reduction in carbon emissions by 2025 (compared to 2017 levels), an objective approved by the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi). This Net Zero commitment, promoting desirable healthy food, and the vegetal culinary expertise of our chefs, reinforces our position as world leader in sustainable food and valued experiences. 

Achieving our sustainability goals while delighting consumers

We are proud to share this video featuring our sustainable food ambition by showcasing Good Eating Company teams and our partnership with Full Circle Farms which uses sustainable farming methods. This great example of how we offer our clients sustainable food solutions which also delight our consumers. This video was produced by BBC StoryWorks as part of the #PurchasingPowers series, presented by Consumers International.

“This major goal of reaching Net Zero by 2040 is an integral part of our ambition to become the world leader in sustainable food and valued experiences. To reach it, we are undertaking a gradual and profound transformation of our operations. Having a positive impact has always been a priority for Sodexo. Now, we are going even further. The challenges to be met are many, and will require the involvement of all our stakeholders: suppliers, clients, consumers and our employees.”
Anna Notarianni
Anna NotarianniGroup Chief Impact Officer

Engage our Stakeholders

99% of our emissions are indirect, coming from the supply chain, energy consumption at client sites as well as food waste. Thus, to reduce the Group’s carbon emissions by 90% will require a gradual and profound transformation of its operations, impacting our entire value chain. Therefore, Sodexo will achieve this ambition by involving all its stakeholders: employees, clients, consumers, suppliers, and partners.

4 levers to collectively reduce our carbon emissions:

"It's essential that we see a focused effort to drive down climate and nature impacts across the food service sector, as a key means to drive change across the food system as a whole. We welcome Sodexo's focus on delivering low carbon meals at scale by 2030 and look forwarding to continuing to work in partnership with Sodexo as they seek to deliver on this ambition."
Jo TrewernHead of Consumption at WWF UK

In Fiscal 2023

-5.4%

absolute Scope 1, 2 & 3 carbon emissions reduction (compared to Fiscal 2022)

55%

of the total electricity consumption in our direct operation comes from renewable sources

-37.6%

Food waste reduction on the sites having deployed the WasteWatch program